November 15, 2008: The wrong message in a bottle–In late September, the authorities in Belgium seized more than two million counterfeit painkillers and antimalarial drugs that had been manufactured in India and were en route to Africa. Read more

May 11, 2008: Keeping New Mothers Alive in Haiti and Rwanda– “Obscene” is still the word that comes to mind when we think of maternal mortality — and it has been almost 25 years since we first witnessed death in childbirth. Read more

April 13, 2008: In Rwanda, Visionary Doctor is Moving Mountains Again– It was November 2004, and Dr. Paul Farmer had agreed to bring his world-renowned Partners in Health model to Rwanda, which was still reeling from the aftershocks of the genocide a decade earlier. Read more

January 28, 2008: NBC Nightly News and MSNBC feature PlayPump water systems in their “Making a Difference” segment that features the water pumps in action, along with efforts by U.S. school children to help raise funds for the water pumps. Learn more

September 23, 2006: CNN documentary, “Where Have All The Parents Gone?” reported by Christiane Amanpour, focuses on the impact of the AIDS epidemic on children in Africa and includes a visit by Ms. Amanpour to AID Village Clinics in May 2006. View story

May 21, 2006: After building a life in Arlington, Ugandan immigrant and John Wanda decided to build something more ambitious — a school for his native village. John Wanda is the president of Arlington Academy of Hope. Read more